For the ten years that Sue Steele has served on the Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development School Board, she has been in a leadership role for nine of them.

Steel first served as ACTE liaison and attended many state and national ACTE conferences and National Policy Seminars in order to learn and work with the key issues.

She has since served as Vice-Chair, and this year, Chair of the board. She has also served on the Goshen School board for fifteen years, being either Vice- Chair or Chair 11 of those years. Steele is also a member of the Goshen Police Department Meditation Committee and on the vision team for the Goshen United Methodist Church. She was named educator of the year in 2009 by the Goshen Chamber of Commerce. Community is very important to Steele.

In addition to all of these commitments, Steele also serves on the Southwest Regional Executive Committee and the state Board of Trustees for the Ohio School Boards Association. Steele was one of this year's five Outstanding School Board Members in Ohio.

A board college recently said of her, “There is not a harder-working or more committed school board member in Ohio. She is always focused on the students and what is best for their futures.”

The purpose of this award is to recognize a duly elected or appointed board member who has made the highest meritorious contributions to the improvement, promotion, development and governance of career technical and adult education in Ohio.  Up to five Outstanding Board Member Awards will be bestowed by Ohio ACTE.

To schedule an interview, please contact Christine Gardner by phone at 614.890.2283 or by email at Christine@ohioacte.org

 Career-technical education (CTE) is part of Ohio’s public education system that prepares students for college and careers. In Ohio, CTE is delivered through career centers and comprehensive/compact high schools.

The Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (Ohio ACTE) promotes innovative education and supports educators who inspire students of all ages and abilities.

Ohio ACTE represents more than 2,100 members statewide including superintendents, teachers and administrators.

As president of the Greene County Career Center’s school board, Gail Martindale as made many great accomplishment for career technical education.

Under her leadership, the school received the High Schools That Work Pacesetters award. They also purchased 49 acres to build equine learning facility fro future programs in Veterinary Science and Equine Science. She is also a leader in community service for her students. Last year they completed over 6,000 hours of community service.

“Gail has also assisted with career technical student organizational skills events and she visits career technical programs to meet with students and teachers,” said Dan Schroer of Green County Career Center on his nomination form for Martindale. “She does not micro-manage during these visits, she only wishes to speak with students and staff about their growth in the programs.”

Martindale will be recognized by her peers in career-technical education at the Connections to Education Conference, August 1, 2013 in Columbus, Ohio, at a special luncheon for state award winners.

 Career-technical education (CTE) is part of Ohio’s public education system that prepares students for college and careers. In Ohio, CTE is delivered through career centers and comprehensive/compact high schools.

The Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (Ohio ACTE) promotes innovative education and supports educators who inspire students of all ages and abilities.

Ohio ACTE represents more than 2,100 members statewide including superintendents, teachers and administrators.

Myles works to recruit, train, hire and retain these students chosen. Out of the fifty students who have been hired through this program, CPP has been able to retain forty-four of them. The program was originally designed to only last five years, but according to Myles it might be extended to at least a sixth.

“Mr Myles and CPP have been more than exemplary partners,” said Cleveland Metropolitan School District employee, Annette Darby, on her nomination form for Myles. “They have played a huge role in preparing students for direct entry into apprenticeships, repositioning CMSD families’ financial futures.”  

Myles will be recognized by his peers in career-technical education at the Connections to Education Conference, August 1, 2013 in Columbus, Ohio, at a special luncheon for state award winners.

The Image Award recognizes individuals who have brought positive attention to the career-technical and adult education fields, thereby enhancing the image of career-technical and adult education and career and technical educators.

 Career-technical education (CTE) is part of Ohio’s public education system that prepares students for college and careers. In Ohio, CTE is delivered through career centers and comprehensive/compact high schools.

The Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (Ohio ACTE) promotes innovative education and supports educators who inspire students of all ages and abilities.

Ohio ACTE represents more than 2,100 members statewide including superintendents, teachers and administrators.

After several years of being a teacher, and ten as an administrator, Janet Baughn has found herself a nice fit as the Associative School Career Pathway Counselor at Greene County Career Center.

The Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) announced today that Baughn has been named the 2013 Ohio ACTE Career and Guidance Award winner, for her contributions and dedication to her students, higher education and career based education.

With her time at Green County Career Center, Baughn has developed marketing and recruiting materials for over 20 career and technical programs at both her school and their Agricultural Research Center, as well as the materials for 15 satellite career technical programs. She has also done recruitment presentations for all the partner schools in Greene County. She has promoted for Bellbrook-Sugarcreek, Greeneview and yellow Springs High Schools all in their discussion about new career technical program.

Baughn has served has the advisor for the National Technical Honor Scoiety and a judge for both the Skills USA State Extemporaneous Speaking Finals and the BPA State Presentation Management Individual Finals. In addition to this, Baughn is also the High Schools that Work coordinator for her school.

Baughn will be recognized by her peers in career-technical education at the Connections to Education Conference, August 1, 2013 in Columbus, Ohio, at a special luncheon for state award winners.

To schedule an interview, please contact Christine Gardner by phone at 614.890.2283 or by email at Christine@ohioacte.org

 Career-technical education (CTE) is part of Ohio’s public education system that prepares students for college and careers. In Ohio, CTE is delivered through career centers and comprehensive/compact high schools.

The Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (Ohio ACTE) promotes innovative education and supports educators who inspire students of all ages and abilities.

Ohio ACTE represents more than 2,100 members statewide including superintendents, teachers and administrators.

The purpose of the Ohio ACTE Outstanding Career and Technical Educator award is to recognize career and technical educators, other than full-time classroom/laboratory teachers, who have recently provided or are currently providing significant contributions to professional associations and career and technical education programs for youth and/or adults in their career fields, communities and/or states.  Recipients of this award must have made significant contributions toward innovative, unique and novel programs; and/or improvement, promotion, research or development of programs related to career and technical education.

To schedule an interview, please contact Christine Gardner by phone at 614.890.2283 or by email at Christine@ohioacte.org

The Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (Ohio ACTE) promotes innovative education and supports educators who inspire students of all ages and abilities.

Ohio ACTE represents more than 2,100 members statewide including superintendents, teachers and administrators.

What better way to prepare your students for the ACT than to take it yourself? This is a strategy adopted by educator, Bunny Brooks, which has shown great results in test results at her school.

The Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) announced today that Brooks, Family and Consumer Sciences Instructor at Lebanon High School, has been named the 2013 Ohio ACTE Ambassador Award Winner, for her contributions and dedication to her students, higher education and career based education.

Brooks has been an educator for 25 years. She teaches Family and Consumer Sciences and has been a leader in many important curriculum changes for Lebanon High School. In her fifth year of teaching, she developed the present day, College Life Skills course, which is offered to juniors. Bunny is dedicated to make sure this course is up to date with the needs of the students as well as ever-changing technology. One way she does this is by taking the ACT every couple of years so she knows the best way to prepare her students for it. She also is an advocate for many of the educational sites that she used in her classroom.  This curriculum that she has created has been presented at the OATFCS, ACTE and ACT conferences.  Two of her main pushes in her ACT preparation are vocabulary and practicing.

For the past 12 years, Brooks has kept track of her student’s performance in the ACTS. In these results she has seen an increase in test scores. Her school has been above the national average for the past four years. They have also seen an increase in the number of students from Lebanon High School who take the test.

Most recently, Brooks, with the help of nearby Sinclair College, helped to organize an Career and College Day at the high school. During the day, students were allowed to visit the fair to explore their options. In the evening it was opened to the public. The success and feedback was so great that Brooks and Sinclair College are already in the planning process to hold this event next year.

“I am proud to say that we have been friends for the past 27 years,” said fellow coworker, Anne Rolfes on her nomination form for Brooks. “She has been such an inspiration to all those who teach with her as well as those who have had her.”

Brooks will be recognized by her peers in career-technical education at the Connections to Education Conference, August 1, 2013 in Columbus, Ohio, at a special luncheon for state award winners.

The purpose of the Ohio ACTE Ambassador Award is to recognize educators who have made the highest meritorious contributions to the improvement, promotion, development and progress of Career and Technical Education.

The Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (Ohio ACTE) promotes innovative education and supports educators who inspire students of all ages and abilities.

Ohio ACTE represents more than 2,100 members statewide including superintendents, teachers and administrators.

Knowing as a high school student that football and baseball wouldn’t pan out professionally for him, and that college was financially out of the the question, Matt Simpson joined the Masonry program to better his future. Little did he know that 14 years later, he would be teaching it.

The Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) announced today that Simpson, Masonry Instructor at Buchtel Community Learning Center, has been named the 2013 Ohio ACTE Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher. This award recognizes a new teacher that provides outstanding career and technical education programs for youth and/or adults in his or her respective field and the community. This award is also designed to encourage new teachers to remain in the profession.

Simpson graduated himself from the masonry program at Buchtel Community Learning Center. He then went on to travel the world to do his work. He has built murals out of glass blocks in the Subway system of New York City. He heard that the masonry program at Buchtel was closing due to the lack of a teacher so he decided to apply himself. According to Simpson, he took this job so he could give back to the school and the program who gave him his career.

When arrived to teach he found a dying program with students who lacked motivation to do their work. While going to school himself to earn his CTE endorsement he was able to turn the program around. He pulled from his pool of contacts he made in his travels and career to bring in speakers to excite the students about their work. He also created a masonry competition between his students and those from four other schools to let his students put their skills to work as well as gain experience.

Simpson has also worked hard to motivate his students, making calls to parents to ensure they are getting motivation from home as well. In one case, he had the mother of a student sit in on a class so they could both work together to motivate her son who refused to work.

“He has truly been indoctrinated into the educational world and raised to the challenge,” said fellow employee, Linda N. Dillon, on her nomination form for Simpson.

Simpson will be recognized by his peers in career-technical education at the Connections to Education Conference, August 1, 2013 in Columbus, Ohio, at a special luncheon for state award winners.

For the Ohio ACTE Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher award, recipients must have made significant contributions toward innovative, unique and novel programs and have shown a professional commitment early in their careers.

The Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (Ohio ACTE) promotes innovative education and supports educators who inspire students of all ages and abilities.

Ohio ACTE represents more than 2,100 members statewide including superintendents, teachers and administrators.

The students of Adam Schlosser’s Digital Arts and Design Program have had their hard work displayed around Cincinnati. This display, done on billboards around the city, wasn’t just expression for his students, it was also a message to the whole community.

The Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) announced today that Adam Schlosser, Digital Arts and Design Instructor at Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development, has been named the 2013 Ohio ACTE Outstanding CTAE Professional in Community Service. This award recognizes a teacher that provides outstanding career and technical education programs for youth and/or adults in his or her respective field and who has done outstanding work for the community through career and technical classroom work.

Schlosser worked with his students and local design firm, Landor Associates, to help his students create billboards that displayed anti-bullying messages. These billboards were donated throughout the Cincinnati area to display the student’s artwork and get their message out to the community. To begin this project, Schlosser first had his students meet with a community organization called BRIDGES for a Just Community, so they could discuss and better understand the issue.  Next he arranged for the students to meet with designers and creative directors from Landor Associates so they could begin working on the billboard designs as well as receive an education and some experience from a professional in the field.

“Adam Schlosser’s work serves the entire community,” said fellow employee, Jon Weidlich, on his nomination form for Schlosser. “It’s a combination of the best in career-technical education and community service.

Schlosser will be recognized by his peers in career-technical education at the Connections to Education Conference, August 1, 2013 in Columbus, Ohio, at a special luncheon for state award winners.

For the Ohio ACTE Outstanding CTAE Professional in Community Service Award, recipients must have made significant contributions toward training, motivating, and inspiring their peers and students to become involved in programs and projects that benefit their communities. The purpose of this award is to recognize educators with significant accomplishments and outstanding leadership in programs and activities that promote community involvement. 

The Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (Ohio ACTE) promotes innovative education and supports educators who inspire students of all ages and abilities.

Ohio ACTE represents more than 2,100 members statewide including superintendents, teachers and administrators.

Bodey will be recognized by her peers in career-technical education at the Connections to Education Conference, August 1, 2013 in Columbus, Ohio, at a special luncheon for state award winners.

For the Ohio ACTE Teacher of the Year award, recipients must have made significant contributions toward innovative, unique and novel programs that are serving to improve and promote career and technical education. The nominee also should have been involved in some capacity in the Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education activities at the Division and/or state level and must be a member of the organization.

To schedule an interview, please contact Christine Gardner by phone at 614.890.2283 or by email at Christine@ohioacte.org

Career-technical education (CTE) is part of Ohio’s public education system that prepares students for college and careers. In Ohio, CTE is delivered through career centers and comprehensive/compact high schools.

The Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (Ohio ACTE) promotes innovative education and supports educators who inspire students of all ages and abilities.

Ohio ACTE represents more than 2,100 members statewide including superintendents, teachers and administrators.

The Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (Ohio ACTE) promotes innovative education and supports educators who inspire students of all ages and abilities.

Ohio ACTE represents more than 2,100 members statewide including superintendents, teachers and administrators.